Confirmed Speakers

Kalliope K. Papadopoulou is Assoc. Prof. in Plant Biotechnology at the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Her main research interests are in plant secondary metabolism, with emphasis on biosynthetic pathways of triterpenes and glucosinolates; manipulation of synthesis in legume model- plants; expression in heterologous systems; biological activity assays of crude extracts and purified molecules and in molecular plant-microbe interactions with emphasis on endophytic fungi, symbiotic relationships and multi-partite interactions. Currently, she also acts as Deputy Director of the OMIC-ENGINE Research Infrastructure on Synthetic Biology in the Agrofood Sector.